Household energy information management system for Africa : a Ugandan case study

An information database built through regular planned surveys in a comprehensive manner is the objective of this study. A foundation for periodic up-date of household energy is necessary and requires a proper institutional or structural set up that gives priority to household energy issues. This study explores the fundamental need to shift away from the current ad hoc surveys to a more reliable, systematic, comprehensive and financially effective way of conducting household energy surveys to generate household energy information that is representative of national picture and which supports effective planning and policy-making. Promotion of the importance of the household energy sector in terms of social equity and improved living standards is vital for investors, developers, financiers and policy-makers and planners to improve the sector. Thus the study addresses the appropriate way of obtaining comprehensive household energy information and harmonized data collection methodology through cooperation in information exchange amongst African countries to achieve comparability of data for a common African energy database.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Energy Research Centre

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Opio, Peter

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Davidson, Ogunlade R

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11145

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11145